We didn’t know what to do with ourselves today! 36c and very high humidity forecast so we retreated to the shade of the house after our coffee/paper trip to town! Thankfully Salvos have provided some great books so I spent my day engrossed with the gripping story of the bubonic plague in Eyam in Derbyshire in 1666! From the sublime to the gorblimey I think!
We set off for the pool about 4.30 p.m. and I did my usual triathlete training – 15 minutes cycling, 4 x 50 metres swimming and a quick final sprint to the kiosk for 2 x chocolate Billa Bongs! Still hot at 6 p.m. but we had the same sea breezes we experienced last Sunday! It’s a whole week since that great fish and chip night! The sea breezes make all the difference here!
Thinking of my Brookwood family! Johanna has set off for a week’s ski-ing in Italy glad of her Uggs which arrived quickly and safely by air from Sandgate Post Office. Kate and Paul, with Leah and Natasha are setting off for a break at our French place. Pic below for those who have not been there! They’ll be putting the heaters on and chopping logs for the wood burning stove and the electric blankets will be going on a couple of hours before bedtime to air and warm the beds up after 3 months without use. They will shop at Carrefour, Aldi and Lidl and stock up with great 3L French red at £7.50 a box and no doubt get a summer’s supply of dinky French sandals at ‘Chaussures’! The girls will walk to the boulangerie in our beautiful village on lundi matin for the baguettes and pains au chocolat! Have a great time! We will be there mid March to prune the roses and fruit trees! We quite like retirement!!